No-Churn Pistachio, Mint + Olive Oil Fudge Brownie Ice Cream

Hola chiquitas/chiquitos, I’m in Spain atm, which is why my pinterest/instagram have stopped for the week, but thanks to the funky internet world I’m able to pre-write a post that can be automatically published whilst I’m away.

I can tan and you can look at ice cream photos.

Like a LOT of ice cream photos (there were more, I didn’t think you’d be too thrilled if I uploaded them all..)

It’s a win-win situation.

I had the pictures of this ice cream on my instagram a while ago, I don’t think anyone guessed the final flavour. It’s pretty obvo that it’s pistachio, and brownie. But it’s also MINTAYYY! Heck to the yes.

Pretty much a mix of my three top flaves – mint choc chip, pistachio and brownie.

Side note: the brownies look super dark, basically black in the photos, because we had no normal cocoa powder left so I ended up using the Hershey’s MEGATRON DARK one instead (I know ‘megatron dark’ is not the real name of the cocoa powder, but I can’t remember what its actual name is and cba to go downstairs to check)

Also side note: my recipe makes such a good amount of brownie chunks, I think about 3 or 4 brownies worth. So you don’t have to do the ‘dig-through-the-container-to-find-and-eat-all-the-brownie-chunks’ thing that I um.. totally don’t do….. :/

I was also a keen bean and dipped the ice cream cones in chocolate (70 percent ofc, who do you think I am) and chopped pistachios. I haven’t included this step in the actual recipe, because I think it’s pretty easy to tell how and what I did. Plus I doubt anyone is as keen as me to decorate their ice cream cones.

I also painted my nails SO COOL-LY time I made this ice cream, it was so sparkly and amaze. Chipped as always. Nbd.

As I type this, I have red sparkly nail varnish on and it makes me feel like Dorothy’s shoes in the Wizard of Oz (totally rad right?)

So also what happened when I was shooting this was that the ice cream started to melt majorly quickly (we’ve been having a heat wave and I am not adapted to deal with this heat. Nor is the ice cream). Then the random chocolate that I’d drizzled onto the ice cream just literally fell off.

You can see it in the above photo. It looks like a spider.

I think it’s cute.

I also now want to make more chocolate-pistachio spiders. Don’t judge, they are delicious.

GIF!:

Sorry for how disjointed this post is. I described my mind on instagram as being like the above photo and I was not lying, the HEAT makes me unable to hold a train of thought for even less time than usual.

But I can put together a few very words to make an emotional and gripping sentence:

In a small bowl, stir the first 4 brownie ingredients together, add the rest of the ingredients and stir until combined.

Scrape into the lined pan and spread out with moistened hands. Bake for 8-10 minutes - you want them to be super gooey, even more so than you usually do with brownie because they need to still be soft once frozen.

Remove from the pan by lifting the foil/parchment up, and cut into small chunks. Let cool completely before adding to the ice cream mixture.

I made it! Everyone thought it was delicious. Perfect amount of brownie and pistachio. It was difficult to scoop out. I think I’ll use 1/2 tsp of mint next time. The brownies weren’t quite sweet and fudgy enough for me either. But it was great and awesome that it was no churn.

gosh this is so easy! I am always too tired to make the custard then churn it (really I eat most of the custard before it gets into the machine sometimes). The cones look so pretty and I love the combination of flavours.

First of all YUM! Second of all, I have no shame (ok a little) in not knowing all of your shortened words (good lord, there must be a word for that too-ugh). So for me to fully enjoy you and your work:
What does “cba” & “nbd” mean? I figured out “atm.” Ha.

This looks awesome!! And I love your chocolate-dipped pistachio cones.
I need to make no-churn ice cream! (And I might just have to make these olive oil brownies… just for fun. xD)
Awesome pictures as always.

Dude. This looks amazing! I don’t have an ice cream maker, so maybe this will be the first time I make ice cream from scratch My two favorite flavors are mint chocolate chip and chocolate chip cookie dough and I’ve never had the two together, so maybe this is my opportunity to make it happen

So, you know when you see something that looks and sounds so ridiculously good, your brain sort of shuts down and all you can do is laugh and make exasperated sounds? Yeah, that just happened. Omfg. Minty condensed milk ice cream with pistachios (my favorite) and then THERE ARE BROWNIES……olive oil brownies!! And the chocolate + pistachio-dipped cones are gorgeous. Gah, I’m dying!!!!!!!!!

I have no idea! Haha sorry, I’ve never used raw milk and don’t know what the fat content would be like. Im inclined to say no it won’t work though because you need to whisk the cream to make it thick so that air gets incorporated into the mixture. Then when it freezes, the air an fat in the cream keeps it soft and scoop-able without having to churn the ice cream (which is done to incorporate air and break up ice crystals as the mixture freezes). So unless you want to freeze the mixture in an ice cream maker instead, or if you can whisk raw milk to soft peaks (which I’m kinda doubting..?) then no… Sorry!

Oh my gosssshh, I need to make this now. Unfortunately, my ice cream bowl wasn’t in the freezer so I have to wait a day But I want to make a batch of the brownies by themselves! Is this brownie recipe scaled down from an original?

THIS….truly one of the most spectacular ice cream cones I have seen in my LIFE…

I love all AS IS…but hubbers isn’t “keen” on mint…MAJOR ALAS….Could I possibly use pistachio extract instead…or would this totally destroy this perfection recipe and be “over-kill” on the pistachio?….Recent, impressed beyond words observer of your amazing blog. Kudos.

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